Illustration Photo: IBM researchers Ping Zhang (left) and Jianying Hu (right) have been granted U.S. Patent 9,536,194 for an invention that could accelerate discovery of more effective and safer drugs by using machine learning models to predict therapeutic indications and side effects from various drug information sources. (credits: IBM Research / Flickr Creative Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: IBM researchers Ping Zhang (left) and Jianying Hu (right) have been granted U.S. Patent 9,536,194 for an invention that could accelerate discovery of more effective and safer drugs by using machine learning models to predict therapeutic indications and side effects from various drug information sources. (credits: IBM Research / Flickr Creative Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Setting up a future lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster+Partners have joined with ESA to test the feasibility of 3D printing using lunar soil. Copyright: ESA/Foster + Partners

Illustration Photo: Setting up a future lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster+Partners have joined with ESA to test the feasibility of 3D printing using lunar soil. Copyright: ESA/Foster + Partners